I am mid-way through a long safari with Steve and Peter. After 5 nights in the central Mfuwe area, we are now at our second camp, exploring the sights around Chichele Lodge.
A full trip report will follow, but here’s a summary of what we’ve been doing over the last week.
Baboons jumped onto fallen trees when their colleagues sounded the alarm nearby. We soon caught up with the leopard….
….which obligingly walked right towards us and round the vehicle!
After a bit of sleuthing, I tracked down this Pel’s Fishing Owl who was resting on a creeper, waiting for Mum & Dad to return with something to eat.
The following day, distant monkey alarm calls led me to this resting male leopard. We sat with him for about 90 minutes, waiting for the light to improve and for him to stretch and start moving.
Early in the morning, we spotted these Crowned Cranes so found an area of low ground to photograph them against the sunrise.
An elephant huddle one afternoon in the open grasslands.
At an elephant carcass, we spent a bit of time shooting vultures as they came in to land among the melee!
That’s all for now….more in a couple of days… We are off to Mana Pools on Wednesday where the connection may be patchy!
